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Solano History 53 records found  1 - 10nextend  jump to record: Search took 0.02 seconds. 
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How Harbisons built, lived in their home / Goerke-Shrode, Sabine [606] [WAYITWAS-2005-606]
During recent days, one of the prominent houses in Vacaville has embarked on another chapter in its history. Harbison House has moved off its foundation to a new location as part of the Nut Tree redevelopment.
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1808 1808

Harbison house (pre Nut Tree)

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Harbison House saw the Nut Tree flourish / Bowen, Jerry [210] [WAYITWAS-2004-210]
I drive by the now-empty parcel that once held Vacaville's famous Nut Tree several times a week, and when I see the Harbison House I can't help but wonder what the Allisons and the Harbisons would have to say about what they would see today.
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1809 1809

Harbison House

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How the Nut Tree grew to be a landmark / Goerke-Shrode, Sabine [661] [WAYITWAS-2006-661]
Last week at Solano County's exhibit at the State Fair, volunteers handed out nuts, candy, and paper fans announcing the opening of the new Nut Tree. Many visitors expressed their delight at the news that the Nut Tree was opening again, often followed by a precious memory of visits to the famous Nut Tree of old.
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Cattle boom of 1850s short-lived in Solano / Goerke-Shrode, Sabine [819] [WAYITWAS-2008-819]
In my last column, Luzena Stanley Wilson described her experiences of riding across the hills of Solano County around 1851 to visit her Wolfskill neighbors at Putah Creek and encountering the vast herds of grazing black Spanish steers.
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Family success literally grew on trees / Goerke-Shrode, Sabine [122] [WAYITWAS-2002-122]
Leonard Buck's achievements as one of the premier commercial orchardists in the Vacaville area was the foundation for Vacaville's most prominent family.
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The homes that the Neils built / Bowen, Jerry [63] [WAYITWAS-2001-63]
Why is it that some folks have had their 15 seconds of fame and are remembered while others are left in the dustbin of unwritten history?
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1036 1036

Rodger's home on Buck Av., built in 1892 by George Sharpe in 1910 they moved to Berkeley

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Hardship punctuates their long lives / Goerke-Shrode, Sabine [197] [WAYITWAS-2003-197]
This column finishes the story of David and Jane Gray Creighton. It is based on the diaries of David Creighton, transcribed by his great-granddaughter Josephine Farmer Albrecht. I'd like to thank her daughter, Kirsten Llamas of Florida, for permission to use diaries, letters and photographs for these columns.
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